It is rare that you get to chat with someone whose work you routinely enjoy. I remember reading Brendan's book, Now the Hell Will Start, and then saying to myself if I ever did a podcast series here on WARN, I would love to talk with the author. I then reached out to Brendan. He was generous and said, "yes, I would love to chat." I then, later, quite self-satisfied, realized my coup. The universe is funny that way.

I am so very appreciative of Brendan for agreeing to appear on the podcast series for We Are Respectable Negroes. This is a great conversation that I am sure you will appreciate, learn from, and enjoy.

1:30 Introductions and the day-to-day process of writing
3:54 As a writer, does having children help your work and creative process?
6:51 What advice do you have for journeymen writers regarding a work regime? How do digital tools fit into your process?
8:40 How do digital techniques complicate archiving, and how scholars will look back upon knowledge-generating and the ways in which publics understand the process of writing? Do digital formats upset and disrupt a writer's legacy?
15:58 Is writing online as a freelancer a way of "paying dues" or is it exploitative?
20:52 Just because you are not on the team or published as an author does not mean you lack talent
22:13 How did the book Now the Hell Will Start become a book project?
28:17 Who is Herman Perry? Tell us about how this black G.I. is the "first hippie?"
31:27 There are so many stories out there, how easily is history forgotten?
32:57 How did Herman Perry's family respond to your project?
35:46 Tell us about sneaking into Burma
42:25 Now the Hell Will Start and Spike Lee
44:21 Teach us about how to translate a book into a screenplay. What did Spike Lee teach you?
51:34 Alfred Anaya, poor choices, and the War on Drugs
56:17 Tell us about your newest book The Skies Belong to Us
58:08 Another genesis of The Skies Belong to Us; the interracial couple who decide to high-jack a plane
63:00 Tell us about your favorite skyjacker and your website "Skyjacker of the Day"
65:25 Introducing "Skyjacker" trading cards
65:40 Where do you go from here?
67:57 When you see your book in the store how do you celebrate?
68:55 What was it like to be on the Punky Brewster TV show?
72:00 Being on the Colbert Report

Hi this is kinda of off topic but I was wondering if blogs use WYSIWYG editors or if you have to manually code with HTML.I'm starting a blog soon but have no coding expertise so I wanted to get advice from someone with experience. Any help would be enormously appreciated!

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Who is Chauncey DeVega?

I have been a guest on the BBC, National Public Radio, Ring of Fire Radio, Ed Schultz, Sirius XM's Make it Plain, Joshua Holland's Alternet Radio Hour, the Thom Hartmann radio show, the Burt Cohen show, and Our Common Ground.

I have also been interviewed on the RT Network and Free Speech TV.

I am a contributing writer for Salon and Alternet.

My writing has also been featured by Newsweek, The New York Daily News, Raw Story, The Huffington Post, and the Daily Kos.

My work has also been referenced by MSNBC, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Atlantic, The Christian Science Monitor, the Associated Press, Chicago Sun-Times, Raw Story, The Washington Spectator, Media Matters, The Gothamist, Fader, XOJane, The National Memo, The Root, Detroit Free Press, San Diego Free Press, the Global Post, The Lost Angeles Blade as well as online magazines and publications such as Slate, The Week, The New Republic, Buzzfeed, Counterpunch, Truth-Out, Pacific Standard, Common Dreams, The Daily Beast, The Washington Times, The Nation, RogerEbert.com, Ebony, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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